WFMU : Freedom is Freeform!

About WFMU

Heatsick is the solo experimental dance music project of Steven Warwick, a British musician living in Berlin. He creates his signature sound by layering simple, repetitive patterns together using only his worn-out old Casio synthesizer. Rather than conforming to any particular subset of today's EDM, Heatsick's sound brings a modern sensibility to the synth styles of the '80s and '90s.

Much of Heatsick's discography, including his most recent album, Intersex (2011), only contain sounds generated by Warwick's Casio. However, on occasion Warwick includes remixes of his tracks by other artists. This was the case with one of Heatsick's most recent releases, the Dream Tennis EP (2011), which features the title track along with remixes by Prins Thomas and Diegor. In 2013, four more remixes of the track were released on another EP .

Heatsick's influences include early synthesizer music, funk, and disco. He is also informed by his experience as a gay artist, telling Resident Advisor's Darius Sabbaghzadeh, "I want to make visible music/muzak, as it's invisible a lot of the time, just like a lot of gay culture is in general."